On Tuesday 19 June 2007 23:47:43 Carl Hartung wrote:
On Tue June 19 2007 17:11, LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote: <snip>
... Can using different FS's in one system cause such problems?
Theoretically, no, but in actual fact there are circumstances where conflicts *can* arise.
In my case... with this specific chipset and corresponding kernel IDE controller module... cache buffering is enabled or disabled on a per drive basis. Running disparate filesystem types in adjacent partitions on the same drive (i.e. reiserfs + ext3) triggered errors comparable to those you're experiencing now.
I ultimately coaxed those errors away permanently by standardizing my installations to using only one journaling filesystem type per drive.
hth & regards,
Carl
Thanx Carl & Partick, Patrick, my filesystem had enough space. Failing drives has crossed my mind. I have in fact had this problem on three very different systems now, so no drive failures I guess. As Carl seems to suggest, and the fact is, I have been using different FS's on these maschines since OpenSUSE changed to the default ext3. I just wanted to test them all. I will have to change all to one system I think. Is there a way to convert xfs & reiser to ext3 or the other way around? Which filesystem is best to use nowadays? I have many small files, so which is better and most stable? Is reiserfs still recommendable? It has not given me problems before. Why has OpenSUSE gone away from reiserfs as default? :-/ Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org